Right, so... does this guy know what he's talking about? I don't mean to be negative or anything, but it didn't really sound like he was qualified to answer the more technical questions about the OS. The way he sidestepped the terminal question makes it sound like they're basically going to leave it up to the carrier to determine whether such functionality will be available (i.e., in the US, it's going to be closed tighter than Scrooge's wallet), but he completely failed to address whether the "desktop version" while docked would have such functionality. I'm sorry, but you simply cannot call it a "full Ubuntu desktop" if it's locked down in any way over the regular Ubuntu desktop. Period, end of story.

He also clearly didn't quite understand the concept of dual-booting, which still leaves the question: Can we dual boot our phones? Eh, probably not; again, that's likely going to end up being decided by the carrier/phone manufacturer.

Also, can we manage our own repositories? Will installing a third-party GUI (which, again, he failed to directly answer) require installing an entirely new OS? Will this device be customizable in any way which actually matters, or will we simply have to bend to the wills of our carrier/manufacturer overlords like we do with iOS/Android?

I think Jono answered the questions pretty well - he only missed the dual boot question. But let's be reasonable.

No reasonable phone manufacturer would produce dual boot device. Canonical also has no interest in it. But surely guys from XDA developers could do it if they would like.

The question about terminal was about Phone system, not the docking solution. Again you can't expect phone manufacturers to ship devices with terminal app. It would just alienate new users and be confusing. Power users can always install terminal app from software center, and it is how it should be.

When you dock your phone you would have access to your regular Ubuntu system, so of course you would have terminal.

He wasn't asked about repositories but I remember someone from Canonical it would be possible if the manufacturer doesn't block it. It probably comes down to the question if you have root on your device.